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I think it attacks a common calendar problem that's missing in the default calendar app of actions that you want to take as future…",{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},"3126178","jwallaceparker",">> Any ideas on a big\u002Fsimple headline that conveys the value prop better? TouchBase - a smarter iPhone calendar TouchBase - the smart iPhone calendar TouchBase - steroids for…",{"value":61,"source":50,"evidence":62},"iPhone users who manage many meetings and events, including tech folks on the go",[63,67],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"3125892","gurgeous","I was in the beta. TouchBase is cool, very handy if you're running around from meeting to meeting all day.",{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"3126062","jasonlgrimes","Great UI, simple design a must for tech folks on the go!",{"value":72,"source":50,"evidence":73},"Paid app, normal price $3.99",[74],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"3126123","sushi","Minor UX feedback: The image for CTA buttons you are using look weird on hover. See this http:\u002F\u002Fwww.touchbasecal.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbtn_cta1.png The top image which appears on hover…",{"value":79,"source":80,"evidence":81},"First foray into the mobile market for the maker's startup","maker",[82],{"id":83,"by":11,"text":84},"3125915","Hey all-- We built this at http:\u002F\u002Fwww.startupworkaway.com (15 geeks in a beachhouse!). It's our first foray into the mobile market but we're pretty excited by the beta…",[86],{"value":87,"source":88,"evidence":89},"iOS","inferred",[90,94],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"3126050","hboon","I like the icon, but the first time I launched it, it crashed after the \"Crunching Calendar...\" screen. I check the logs and it says: \"Application Specific Information:…",{"id":95,"by":11,"text":96},"3126246","Durnit-- hopefully that's rare. We did a private beta with 60ish diverse folks and didn't run into that bug. (aside: we used TestFlight for this and it was amazing for…","paid","launched","team",{"praise":101,"objections":118,"requests":169,"questions":191,"alternatives":203},[102,110],{"value":103,"source":50,"evidence":104},"Simple, clean design for people on the go",[105,106],{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"3125990","ortatherox","This looks great!",{"value":111,"source":50,"evidence":112},"Fills a missing gap in the iOS calendar",[113,117],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"3125926","jamesjyu","I was lucky enough to be in the beta -- this is basically the missing calendar app for iOS. Apple really should have included these features from the get go.",{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},[119,130,146,161],{"value":120,"source":50,"evidence":121},"Home page is cluttered and hard to understand",[122,126],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"3125886","achompas","Cool app. Am I the only one that's overwhelmed by the home page, though? The \"get TouchBase\" button is clear enough, but after a minute my eyes have been redirected everywhere…",{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"3125978","dmix","Theres just too much stuff going on, on the homepage. It makes any comprehension difficult. Two recommendations: 1) add more white space 2) try to communicate the value…",{"value":131,"source":50,"evidence":132},"Crashes at Crunching Calendar or during contact setup",[133,134,138,142],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"3126093","modoc","Looks awesome, but after purchasing it, all it does is crash:( It says Crunching Calendar, and then dies, ever time. I've tried rebooting the phone, resyncing the app, etc...",{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"3126051","alexobenauer","This looks fantastic, and I can't wait to use it. I can't seem to get it to work because it can't detect my contact, and it won't let me select my existing record. It only lets…",{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"3126757","meta","I installed it but it never seems to know who I am. I have entered contact information 3 times now but it keeps saying \"Who are you?\". It also Crunches my calendar for about…",{"value":147,"source":50,"evidence":148},"Only available in English-speaking countries, excluding many users",[149,153,157],{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"3125975","stingraycharles","I wanted to buy the app, but I'm not allowed to since it's US-only.",{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"3125991","thomasilk","Only for USA WTF",{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"3126015","reemrevnivek","There are a lot more places than just the US that use \"at\" to refer to a location. 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One feature request: can you also use the \"nickname\" field when…",{"value":185,"source":50,"evidence":186},"Siri integration",[187],{"id":188,"by":189,"text":190},"3126457","gourneau","I thought this looked familiar :) Looks wonderful dude! Can you make Siri play nice with this?",[192],{"value":193,"source":50,"evidence":194},"Does it support multiple timezones or languages in calendar entries",[195,199],{"id":196,"by":197,"text":198},"3126089","rvivek","Does it support multiple timezones?",{"id":200,"by":201,"text":202},"3127210","stereo","Luxembourg is tiny, multilingual and anglophone enough to make a great beta country. Oh, and I live there. My calendar uses more than one language, how will you decide how to…",[204,211],{"value":205,"source":50,"evidence":206},"Producteev web task app",[207],{"id":208,"by":209,"text":210},"3127004","rayiner","Seems like a reasonable place to ask, so I'll do it here: anybody here found a really good integrated calendar\u002Ftodo app? All the ones I've found are very coarse-grained. Really…",{"value":212,"source":50,"evidence":213},"Siri",[214,218],{"id":215,"by":216,"text":217},"3126224","cpr","\"If you're event doesn't have a location\" - typo for \"your\". Looks good. Perhaps a bit weak in the face of Siri's launch?",{"id":219,"by":11,"text":220},"3126332","Fixed the typo-- thanks! Siri is interesting-- and may (someday) kill us, but I think it remains to be seen how practical it is for communicating\u002Fmapping around your calendar. I…",{"comments":222,"answered":31,"key":223},12,[224,225,226],{"id":175,"text":176},{"id":83,"text":84},{"id":227,"text":228},"3127217","Heh-- What do you think the odds are that Apple will let 3rd party devs play with Siri? 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